Routing Step Properties - SAP Documentation

Routing Step Properties

This screen appears when you double-click the routing step on the Routing tab page of the Routing Maintenance screen in the drawing area.

Fields

The following tables describe fields requiring explanation:

Details Tab
Field	Description
Step ID	The unique identification of the step Note You can assign a step ID manually, or the system automatically assigns a step ID when the routing definition is saved. This value appears on some reports and activities to help you distinguish among duplicate operations on a routing. The step ID does not control step sequencing but affects the order of steps in the list of routing steps. End of the note.
Entry Step	If selected, this step is the entry step on the routing. Only one routing step can be the entry step.
Operation	The operation being used as a routing step The operation is defined in Operation Maintenance. Note that you can use the same operation multiple times as steps on the same routing if the Allow Duplicate Operations on Routing system rule is set to TRUE.
Step Type	The type of the routing step Normal: The routing step cannot be started until a previous routing step has been completed. Optional: The step may be optionally started or skipped based on the decision of the operator. Simultaneous: A set of routing steps in a group that are completed simultaneously (either independently or dependently of one another) on an SFC number. Any order: A set of routing steps in a group that can be completed in any order but must all be completed before an SFC number can be started at a routing step outside of the group. Note This field appears only for tabular routings. Select the Tabular Routing checkbox on the Main tab of the Routing Maintenance screen to create a routing in the tabular mode. End of the note.
Maximum Loop Count	The maximum number of times an SFC number can be processed at an operation Note The value 0 (zero) indicates that there is no maximum. End of the note.
ERP Control Key	A user-defined key that determines how any operation is handled in order processing and in product costing in SAP ERP. This field is used only when you define ERP reporting steps for a routing. The corresponding control key must exist in SAP ERP. This field becomes required when the Enable Replication of ME Routing to ERP system rule is set to True. For more information, see Control Key Maintenance
Reporting Step	The step as it is known in SAP ERP, if SAP ERP and SAP ME have been set up to exchange step-level data. When an SFC number completes this step, SAPMEINT sends a confirmation to SAP ERP from this reporting step. Note When the system rule Enable Replication of ME Routing to ERP is set to Yes or Yes, with Change Management (see ERP Integration Rules), user can enter a 4 character step ID. If the user does not enter a step ID, the system automatically generates it when the routing is saved. End of the note.
Work Center	The work center at which you perform this operation Note This is used strictly for some reports and is not used to control the flow of an SFC number within work centers. When the system rule Enable Replication of ME Routing to ERP is set to Yes or Yes, with Change Management (see ERP Integration Rules) and an ERP Control Key is selected, work center becomes a mandatory field. End of the note.
ERP Work Center	Specifies that this work center is used in SAP ME ERP integration. The checkbox becomes read-only when the work center is assigned to ERP work center. This checkbox is visible only if the ERP Integration Active system rule is set to true (see ERP Integration Rules).
Special Instructions	The special one-line instruction displayed to the operator on starting the SFC number at an operation in the POD
Queue Decision	Determines which operator decides where the SFC number should be queued after it completes this routing step Completing Operator: The operator completing the SFC number at this routing step determines where the SFC number is put in queue. Next Operator: The operator at the next routing step determines where to start work on the SFC number. The SFC number is placed in queue at all the next routing steps and the first operator to start it controls where the SFC number is processed.
Required Time in Process (minutes)	The required elapsed time for the routing step measured in minutes (see Elapsed Time in Process Check)
ERP Sequence	Sequence of the routing step in SAP ERP; set to 0. Only a zero sequence routing is used to send an order-specific routing from SAP ERP to SAP ME.
Is Last Reporting Step	If selected, this routing step is the last reporting step from which SAPMEINT sends information to SAP ERP. For more information, see Transfer of Production Yield Confirmation: Integration Details and Transfer of Planned Order Confirmation. Note When the Enable Replication of ME Routing to ERP system rule is set to Yes or Yes, with Change Management, the Is Last Reporting Step checkbox is selected automatically for the last routing step with defined ERP-related settings. This configuration overrides any manual setting of the Is Last Reporting Step checkbox (see ERP Integration Rules). End of the note.
Rework Step	If selected, the time spent at this step is considered rework.
Block SFCs Until Inspection Finished	If selected, prevents completion of SFC numbers of a Production shop order at this operation until SFC group status is determined. By default, this checkbox is selected at the last reporting step of the routing. For more information, see Integration of Quality Inspection Lot. This checkbox is visible only if the ERP Integration Active system rule is set to true.

Activity Hooks Tab
Field	Description
Sequence	The order the system executes this hook point. Note The system uses this value to sequence all activities associated with this hook point. End of the note.
Hook Point	Specifies when the system should execute the activity identified in the Activity column of this row.
Activity	The hook point activity that system runs when this hook point is triggered at the routing step
Enabled	If selected, allows the system to run the specified activity when this hook point is triggered for this routing step. Note You can use this checkbox to temporarily disable the activity hook, for example when troubleshooting a problem. End of the note.
User Argument	Used only with hook point activities; contains additional parameters or values to be passed to the activity during the hook execution